Posted on 05/28/2006 5:11:39 PM PDT by beaelysium
What I am agreeing with is the statement:
"How could anyone go to Auschwitz and not wonder such questions?"
My focus is on what we can change: the role of people and institutions.
People and institutions ignored the Holocaust. They were complicit.
And history repeats itself....
I couldn't ever imagine myself wondering, 'where was God?', whether I were to be at Auschwitz, Kolyma, Somalia, or any other locale beset by pogroms, plagues, or starvation.
God is not responsible for man's failures.
Please forgive me; the last thing I want to do is malign the Holy Father. What I was reflecting on was that IF HITLER HAD HAD HIS WAY, then Josef Ratzinger would have had a very different fate, Karol Woltaya (sorry, not sure about spelling) as well.
No, no, God's hands have been on Pope Benedict's heart, to have come through the war as he has, and now to come and reflect as he has. I was watching the man's face as he walked by the memorial plaques, how could I not be moved? I'm not blind, I could see his pain...
I think it's a question that people always ask not from the perspective of man's failure, but from his suffering.
As for your statement on responsibility, we agree. Hence my original response focusing on people and institutions....
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